Press releases and statements

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, in concert with the UN country team in the Republic of Congo, which includes the World Food Programme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,...

Ross Mountain, Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator and Director of OCHA Geneva, today chaired on behalf of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) a meeting with member states and agencies to...

UNITED NATIONS Ross Mountain Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator and Director OCHA, Geneva MID-YEAR REVIEW OF THE CONSOLIDATED APPEALS PROCESS It is my pleasure to welcome you here today on behalf...

Liberian refugees arrive in large numbers in Guinea (OCHA/Guinea) - Following escalation of fighting in Liberia during the first weeks of May 2002, large numbers of refugees are currently arriving in...

From the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team The activities during the last two days included: Demolition of unsafe buildings is on-going. Up to date 14 out of 41...

Fairfax, USA, 4 May 2002 It is indeed my great pleasure to speak to the participants of the Americas meeting of the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) here in Fairfax, USA. This...

During the seven-month internal conflict in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) almost 170,000 people fled their homes. The Framework Agreement signed in Ohrid on 13 August 2001...

ICEF/1856 IHA/7741 WFP/1064 NEW YORK - The already severe humanitarian crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will worsen dramatically within weeks unless the international community...

The Emergency Relief Coordinator remains deeply concerned over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Republic of Congo, which has been exacerbated by the continued denial of access to the...